What we often remember
my brother and I is that
on intense summer nights
steam engines struggled
on a slow incline with the parcels special
when we lay as though tethered to the ride
wishing we had meccano sets
not to be;
turning over schoolboy fantasies
that burned under the sheets
curtained against a dying sun.
HI Rose. I'm glad this ticked a box for you - no reason why ladies shouldn't equally enjoy being transported back to nostalgic times! My parents never owned a car so went everywhere by train; magic times. Blackpool saw big crowds coming by train (still open), again before cars. Just think, no car parking fees then! I'll check out Ted Nugent ....
Thanks for responding.
Thanks Hannah, appreciated. I might follow this up the nostalgia trail with one in a similar vein ....
Yes Leon. They do pack quite a punch - back in the day they were rather sad and dirty and leaking in the sixties(a bit like me now). Thanks mate.
Stu very pleased you like this. I am thinking you might be referring to the Llandudno branch or is it Wrexham?
I love railway poetry especially Adlestrop. How lucky to be close to such treasures! All the best to you.
Thanks also, Beno, Col and David. Appreciated.
Dream on everyone. Ray
intense summer nights. how lovely ray, i am but a slip of a man compared to thee, but i too love the steam railway near my house and can feel the sun on the nape of my neck as i read this.
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Fri 8th Dec 2017 22:43
nice piece Ray.A lot has to be said for the guys who restore these beautiful beasts as well
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Fri 8th Dec 2017 20:43
Beautiful poetry. A glimpse into a childhood.
Look forward to more.
Hannah
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Fri 8th Dec 2017 16:31
enjoyed this piece, Ray. I used to live quite close to a station and as you and your kid used to do I also used to lay in bed at night obviously not being inspired by the sound into wanting to own a Meccano set
but being inspired nevertheless into dreaming of those "far away places with strange sounding names"
excluding Blackpool of course! (I jest)
'Blackers' had then and still has its handy location not to mention being a kid's paradise (bless their designer cotton socks!)
Rose ?
ps. was the title partly inspired by a Ted Nugent Album? I'll leave you to guess which one
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Stu Buck
Sat 9th Dec 2017 14:25
its llangollen ray, a beautiful area and lovely railway. i used to live near pickering in yorkshire too, another cracker.